Simpson Prize Competition winners

The Simpson Prize is a great opportunity for Year 9 and 10 students to participate in a nationwide essay competition, giving them the chance to win an unforgettable 2 week trip to Turkey as well as a prepatory trip to Canberra. The winners from each State and Territory will travel together to Gallipoli for the Anzac Day Service in April each year. For further details go to http://www.simpsonprize.org

Simpson Prize 2019 winners

The 2019 Queensland runner-up is Amelia Nikles-Ralph, Kenmore State High School, Brisbane

Highly Commended students are:Kinjal Dani, Brisbane State High School, South Brisbane

Angus Duncan, Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane

Lauren Ficera, St Monica’s College, Cairns

Natalie Loukas, St Monica’s College, Cairns

Andie Scott-Masset, St Monica’s College, Cairns

Special Congratulations to Ms Kimberly Vanzetta, Urangan State High School, Hervey Bay who has been chosen as one of the Teacher-Chaperones for 2019 and will accompany the students to the Western Front in 2019.

Queensland Runner – Up of the Simpson Prize, 2018, Rayan Bakker, Pimlico State High School, Townsville with Hon. Cathy O’Toole MP, Member for Herbert, Queensland.

Winning Queensland Teacher Chaperone of the Simpson Prize, 2018, Glenn Edwards, Pimlico State High School, Townsville, will accompany students to the Western Front in April/May this year. He was presented with his Certificate by the Assistant Minister Vocational Education and Training, the Hon. Karen Andrews MP at Parliament House, Canberra.

The Winners and Runners-Up of the Simpson Prize, 2018, at the Simpson and his Donkey Memorial Statue, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, March, 2018.

The Simpson Prize tour group at the school of Villers-Bretonneux, France, after ANZAC Day.

Simpson Prize 2017 winners

The 2017 Queensland winner is Riley Smithers, Pimlico State High School, Townsville